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Leaves From a Diary Kept by a Lady; During the Occupation of Winchester, Va., by the Federal Troops, Under General Milroy

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Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers

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Reminiscences of Wartime

“An anonymous diary from wartime New Orleans.”

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A War Time Foundry

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My Childhood Recollections of the War

“1861-1865. Virginia. The war years as recalled by a woman who was five years of age when the conflict began.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1923, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Some Recollections of George Caleb Bingham

“1861-1865. Missouri. General memories of the great Missouri artist, including his wartime activities.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Columbia MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Virginian's Diary in Civil War Days

“August 17 to December 31, 1862. Kinloch Plantation Fauquier County, Virginia. This article is almost entirely composed of entries from the diary of a plantation owner, Edward Carter Turner, Unionist who described the ravages of the war in Northern…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Fauquier County VA, loc:Kinloch VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:seccession, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Westover Journal of John A. Selden, Esqr

“The personal journal of the owner of the great James River plantation, which clearly reflects the effects of the war on his personal life and fortune.”

A Remarkable Relic of the Confederacy

“Semmes comments on a lengthy letter from Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordsville, Georgia, November 5, 1864. July 1, 1858-September 18, 1862. James River plantation, near Richmond, Virginia.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Crawfordsville GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1895, su:economics, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Diary of a Confederate Refugee

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Rocky Mount NC, loc:Williamston NC, pd:1899, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:diary

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